"Today in Downing Street I'm bringing together leading figures from right across the game to reaffirm our vigilance against racism — and all forms of discrimination. I am absolutely clear: we will not let recent events drag us back to the bad old days of the past." – The Sun

Yesterday evening's ToryDiary: "In his most important intervention since resigning as Defence Secretary Liam Fox has issued a coded warning that the Coalition's deficit reduction strategy could be at risk if action is not taken to accelerate economic growth… In recommending faster cuts Dr Fox puts himself in sync with the Tory grassroots."

The Sun agrees: "The economy needs a jump-start: A tax cut for families who can no longer afford to fill up the car. A tax break to encourage firms to hire."

Allister Heath in City AM: "Osborne ought to consider either slashing corporation tax to 20p as quickly as possible (from 26p today) or cutting employers’ national insurance contributions, reducing the cost of labour and increasing its demand."

David Laws also calls for George Osborne to bring forward tax cuts, but financed by new taxes on the top 5% – Writing in The Guardian the Lib Dem also describes Mr Osborne as "a very strong chancellor who gets the big decisions right".

"Conservative rebels warned Chancellor George Osborne that unless he alters the plans to protect one-earner families, they will take the extraordinary step of attempting to vote down Budget legislation. It is almost unheard of for MPs to try to amend or bring down their own side’s finance Bills, and a defeat would raise questions about the survival of the Government." – Daily Mail

Writing on his blog, Mark Reckless MP: "The policy is particularly toxic for colleagues who want to see the government do more to promote marriage and the traditional family, given the lack of movement so far on the government’s promise to recognise marriage in the tax system. However, the policy is also objectionable for those who want the tax system to be neutral between personal choices, since it clobbers single earner householders, most usually with a stay-at-home Mum, relative to dual-earner couples."

"The simple fact is that the IMF should not even be involved. Its role is to help countries that lack the economic means to survive – not to prop up a Franco-German ideology. Mr Osborne must tell the IMF to stop abusing its position and get its hand out of this nation’s pocket." – Daily Mail leader

British ministers doubt that the €130bn (£109bn) bailout for Greece will prove enough to rescue the country's stricken economy and suspect it will eventually leave the euro – Independent

"Britain is to contribute up to £1billion to help Greece remain within the euro despite warnings the latest bailout will fail to save the country’s shattered economy" – Daily Mail

Michael Gove waded into the battle over independence yesterday, telling the English to lay off the Scots – Scotsman

SNP embarrassed by support from Rupert Murdoch – Alan Cochrane in The Telegraph

The Conservative Party has leapt on new figures showing there are more midwives and doctors now than before the general election as "clear proof that the NHS is moving forwards under the Coalition" – Telegraph | Twitter

"The more distinctive the Deputy Prime Minister makes himself, the more Tories wonder why the Prime Minister isn’t doing the same" – Benedict Brogan in The Telegraph

More and more of Cameron's modernisation instincts have been kicked into the long grass – Mark Stuart for the Yorkshire Post

If you want a job, 'slave labour' at Tesco isn't a bad place to start – Christina Patterson in The Independent

After Labour's obsession with multiculturalism, the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has at last said that the culture of the majority will once more be given pre-eminence in society – Simon Heffer in the Daily Mail

In reorganisation of the Borders Agency really the solution to immigration? – Simon Jenkins in The Guardian is sceptical.

Tory MP Nadine Dorries claims the reason women are still under-represented in Parliament is that politics 'simply doesn't appeal to the majority of young women' – Nadine Dorries MP for PoliticsHome

MPs are calling on the government to simplify the law in England and Wales on missing people who are presumed dead – BBC

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